With spring approaching it’s time to get making some spring chickens!
With spring sneaking up on me I decided it was time to get making some spring themed makes so I wouldn’t get behind (Like normal) and end up making things in a panic at the last minute.
First up are some drawstring chicken bags. I used a pattern I put together for The Craft Cotton Company last year for these and some Craft Cotton Company Fabric (Chickie fat quarter set) from in my stash that I used to make the original one.
Fabric was gifted by The Craft Cotton Company.
Easter Chick Drawstring Bag Tutorial
Materials
- Chickie fabric fat quarter set by the Craft Cotton Company.
- Ribbon – 60cm.
- Thread.
- Pins.
- Needle.
- Ruler.
- Scissors.
- Felt.
- Red.
- White.
- Black.
- Orange.
Easter Chick Drawstring Bag Tutorial
- Choose one of the fat quarter fabric pieces to be your bag and cut out two 20×25 cm pieces to make your front and back.
- Cut out two eyes from the white felt, two black pupils from the black felt, two feet and a beak from the orange and a comb from the red.
- Place the back of the bag right side facing up and then place the two orange feet at the bottom of the fabric with the top edge of the feet against the bottom edge of the bag. Place the front piece right side down and pin around the edge.
- Start 4cm from the top edge and sew down the side of the bag, along the bottom and up the other side – stopping 4 cm from the top edge.
- On the front and back pieces fold in the side edge to hide the raw edge, fold the top edge over twice to create the drawstring gap at the top of the bag. Pin and then sew along the bottom edge of the fold to secure.
- Turn the bag out the right way. Sew the pupils onto the whites of the eyes, then sew the eyes onto the front of the bag along with the beak. Next sew the comb on the top edge of the bag.
- Take your ribbon and thread through the drawstring gap at the top of the bag.
Pattern to make these is also over on The Craft Cotton Company blog.
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